Yinz Are Good

Tressa was honored to act as emcee and as a speaker at the Women's Empowerment Summit, held for students from the Carlynton School District at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall. You'll hear Tressa's story as she shared it with them. Also, you'll hear what the 5th & 6th graders shared via our Kindness Crate. https://www.lightinitiative.org/ https://carnegiecarnegie.org/ Interested in hosting our KINDNESS CRATE? Or have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com www.yinzaregood.com Give us a follow! Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa chats with the incredibly inspiring Founder & CEO of Blessed Home Project, Melissa Laughlin, about how she and her team are spreading love throughout our communities, one house at a time. 

www.blessedhomeproject.org

IG: @blessedhomeproject
FB: @Blessed Home Project

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

For more info, follow us on Instagram and Facebook:

www.yinzaregood.com

Instagram: @yinzaregood 

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Tressa has a lovely chat with Amber Shal, Owner of Flora Spa & Aesthetic Bar about why self-care isn't selfish and about how she and her team are helping local folks. And updates from Scent With Love, The Positive Painting Project, and The Good People Network. Flora Spa & Aesthetic Bar: https://floraspapgh.com/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa chats with local author Annette Hostoffer about her delightful book, Pittsburgh Dog & Frog and also talks with Leah Pileggi from the ever-awesome Kate’s Kid Book Bash about their upcoming Bash and other programming. Kate's Kid Book Bash Dec. 3rd 11am - 4pm www.kateskidbookbash.com Annette Hostoffer, Author Pittsburgh Dog & Frog www.pghdog.com To donate to Tressa's Pittsburgh ChangeMakers campaign: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/CMPittsburgh22/TressaGlover Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com   Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood  Facebook: @YinzAreGood

In honor of Veterans Day, Tressa talks with two local veterans, Donald Nemchick (Vietnam) and Adam (Iraq & Afghanistan) and Alexandra Zaffuto, about their journeys and how they're helping others navigate theirs. Tressa also shares a 1945 newspaper article about her grandfather, WW2 Navy veteran Tom Glover, and his fellow veteran brothers. Donald Nemchick: donnem1968@aol.com veteransbreakfastclub.com Adam and Alexandra Zaffuto info@reengagepgh.com Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. September 17th is Physician Suicide Awareness Day.   In recognition, Tressa talks with some folks who are doing their part to help prevent suicide in our region. First is Sara Hussey, Executive Director of Allegheny County Medical Society who shares information about their "Putting the Self-Care in Healthcare" initiative, followed by Alisa & Todd Whysong, creators of The Positive Painting Project, who lost their 15-year old daughter, Katie, to suicide in 2019.  HELP IS AVAILABLE 988 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Available 24 hours. https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988 ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY https://www.acms.org/ https://www.acms.org/selfcareinhealthcare https://acms.blog/2022/08/31/putting-self-care-in-healthcare/ @alleghenycountyms THE POSITIVE PAINTING PROJECT https://www.paintpositive.org/ IG: @thepositivepaintingproject Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa takes a (literal) field trip to Victory Farms, a CSA program and beautiful regenerative farm, to chat with Co-Founder & Head of Operations, Lindsey Disler. Also, an update from our friends at THRIVE and Don returns for another round of Name That Neighborhood. Victory Farms https://victoryfarmspa.com/ IG: @victoryfarmspa THRIVE https://www.thrivepittsburgh.org/ Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa takes a trek to the awesome Color Park in South Side to chat with folks there, shares some Notes of Gratitude, and Don returns for Name That Neighborhood: South Side or Uptown? THE COLOR PARK https://www.facebook.com/TheColorPark/ *a community space located on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in South Side, between 4th & 6th Streets SWISSWALE FARMERS' MARKET https://www.swissvaleborough.com/276/Farmers-Market Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook: www.yinzaregood.com Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Want to know more about the history of Juneteenth? Tressa does too and she reaches out to actor/historian/friend Wali Jamal to tell us all about it. Also, she shares a powerful and hopeful conversation with Jasiri X, CEO & Co-Founder of 1Hood and 1Hood Media. 

1Hood
https://www.1hood.org/

Wali's HISTORY'S FLIPSIDE:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqr23lyZUJHBWwccE8h7m3A

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

 

Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook:

https://www.yinzaregood.com/

Instagram: @yinzaregood 

Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Tressa sits down for a chat with Nina Barbuto, Founder & Executive Director of Assemble, a non-profit org and community space for arts and technology for learners of all ages. Also, a listener shares his gratitude. And…Don is back for another round of Name That Neighborhood. 

Assemble
https://assemblepgh.org/about/what-is-assemble/
Nina Barbuto: nina@assemblepgh.org

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook:

www.yinzaregood.com

Instagram: @yinzaregood 

Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Live from the Wrap-Up Event for Listen, Lucy - an incredible organization dedicated to ending the stigma of mental illness. Tressa has a lively, fabulous chat with founder, Jordan Corcoran, followed by a live round of Name That Neighborhood.

Listen, Lucy is a mental health organization that uses lived experiences with mental illness to end the stigma that has stopped so many people from receiving the help they need and deserve. They aim to create a kinder, less judgmental world.

http://listenlucy.org/
IG: @listenlucy

To donate to Doree Simon's documentary, Gentle By Birth:
PayPal & Venmo: @gentlebybirth 

Atithi Studios | 1020 N Canal St | Pittsburgh, PA 15215 | https://www.atithistudios.com/

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com
To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook:
www.yinzaregood.com
Instagram: @yinzaregood
Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Based in Pittsburgh, Global Links is a non-profit dedicated to improving health in communities with need both domestically and in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Tressa chats with Executive Director, Angela Garcia, about all they do and how it all works. 

GLOBAL LINKS

https://globallinks.org/ 

Phone: (412) 361-3424 

Email: info@globallinks.org

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

 

Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook:

www.yinzaregood.com

Instagram: @yinzaregood 

Facebook: @YinzAreGood

 

The 1st annual Greater Pgh Festival of Books is coming up on May 14th and co-founders Marshall Cohen and Laurie Moser, along with author Dr. Rachel Kallem Whitman, join Tressa to chat all about it! Also... Don returns after a 2-week Name That Neighborhood hiatus.

The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books
Saturday, May 14th
10:00am - 6:30pm
https://www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/

Book festival events will be taking place at Bakery Square, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-East Liberty, Duolingo, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and the Maverick hotel.

Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Please email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

Please visit our website and follow us on Instagram and Facebook:
www.yinzaregood.com
Instagram: @yinzaregood
Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Featuring two fabulous conversations: One with Luis Rosas and Michael Cunningham of Two Dads & A Dog and the other with Shelli Luchs from the Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services about Project Prom. And Don returns for a surprise twist on NTN.

TWO DADS AND A DOG
-Dog training and pet care
https://www.twodadsandadog.com/
FB:@TwoDadsandaDog
IG: twodads_dogtrainers

PROJECT PROM
https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Human-Services/News-Events/Events/Project-Prom.aspx
FB: @AlleghenyCountyDepartmentofHumanServices

Saturday, March 26, 10am to 3pm
Monday, March 28, 3pm to 7pm
Thursday, March 31, 3pm to 7pm
Saturday, April 2, 10am to 3pm

Have a story of generosity or kindness to share with us?
1-833-399-GOOD
yinzaregood@gmail.com

To request a Kindness Crate drop off at your business or school: yinzaregood@gmail.com

 www.yinzaregood.com

Tressa chats with Danyelle Borish, Project Coordinator at Stand Together, the incredible organization that helps youth help each other stop stigmas surrounding mental health and substance use disorders. She also chats with Elizabeth Menzel about her Virtual Vision Board Party and the power of women supporting each other.

Stand Together
http://standtogether.againststigma.org/
IG: @stand2getherpgh
FB: @StandTogether
To learn about how to bring Stand Together into your school, email Danyelle at Danyelle.Borish@alleghenycounty.us

Elizabeth Menzel, Trauma Healer
https://thehappywomanacademy.com/

This episode is sponsored by Millvale Tool Library:
Need a tool for a home, landscaping, or automotive project? Then Millvale Tool Library is the place for you! They have over a thousand tools to lend out to the community for FREE with any library card in Allegheny county.
http://www.millvalelibrary.org/millvale-tool-lending-library/

Do you have a story about how someone changed your life for the better? Or want to tell us about an act of kindness that lifted you up?
1-833-399-GOOD
yinzaregood@gmail.com

www.yinzaregood.com

Tressa stops by to let listeners know about Yinz Are Good's upcoming Facebook Live Christmas episode:
Monday, Dec. 20th
7:00pm

We've got a listener's story from her local Aldi, Tressa's story about connecting over her mom's spaghetti sauce, and a terrific conversation with De'netta Benjamin-Miller, Executive Director of Sojourner House. And Don returns to Name That Neighborhood.

www.sojournerhousepa.org
For help or to learn more:
(412) 441-7783

Have a story of kindness to share?
1-833-399-GOOD
yinzaregood@gmail.com

www.yinzaregood.com

THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 7th! Stop on by and share a story with us!

11am - 3pm
Look for our tent In front of the Carnegie Free Library of Pittsburgh

www.swissvale.org

www.yinzaregood.com
1-833-399-GOOD
yinzaregood@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/102166861694095/videos/887724675134073/ Our very first Facebook Live event is happening on Thursday, March 4th at 2:00pm! Our plan was to go live from the Sprezzatura Italian Cafe & Catering kitchen as they prepare delicious meals in celebration of “Grandma Month”. Unfortunately, early on the 4th, construction caused Sprezzatura’s water to be shut off so we had to reschedule. But! We still went live and had a great time (see link above) Also, learn about the upcoming virtual fundraiser for North Hills Community Outreach. www. NHCO.org

Our “Silver Linings” episode!  
Listeners fill in the blanks: Amidst the chaos and uncertainty of 2020, there were some bright spots in my life, like ____.  
I want to thank ___ for ___.  

Want to share a story about a time when someone changed your life for the better? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com

www.yinzaregood.com
Instagram: @yinzaregood
Facebook: @YinzAreGood

Listeners fill in the blanks: I want to thank ___ for ___. When I think of the holidays, a memory that always makes me smile is ___. 

Jennifer Saffron, Proprietress of Sprezzatura Café and Catering, shares a gratitude post and we chat about the incredible ways Sprezzatura is helping those in need in the community. 

www.sprezzaturapgh.com 

Want to share a story about a time when someone changed your life for the better? Email us: yinzaregood@gmail.com

www.yinzaregood.com

Episode 9 features listeners’ favorite holiday memories and Tressa chats with her cousin, Mike, about one of their family's Thanksgiving traditions.

If you have a story of kindness, generosity or gratitude to share, please send us an email: yinzaregood@gmail.com

www.yinzaregood.com

Artwork by Mike Rubino

Host Tressa Glover asks folks from her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to share their stories about times when someone changed their lives for the better. Could have been a friend, a colleague, even a stranger...It can be a story that changed the course of their life or simply the course of their day. Episode 8 features the Northside Holiday Market, which supports local artists, and the new Pittsburgh-based web series, MARES & KAPS. http://www.pittsburghnorthside.com/ https://www.maresnkaps.com/ ​ Yinz* Are Good celebrates the good stuff that’s happening out there and the good people who remind us that kindness, compassion and sincerity exist, even in these precarious times. If you have a story to share, please give us a call or send us an email: 1-833-399-GOOD yinzaregood@gmail.com ​ Episodes also include our quiz segment, "Name That Neighborhood", as well as "Yinzer Spotlight", which features people or organizations doing good deeds in their community, and "How Can We Help Yinz?", which highlights opportunities to help our neighbors in need. ​ *Yinz = Pittsburgh's version of Y'all

This episode features what listeners are grateful for and a chat with folks from the non-profit org, Rivers of Steel, about their Homestead Streetside Gallery. Also, Don goes another round on Name That Neighborhood.

www.riversofsteel.com

If you have a story of kindness or generosity to share, please send us an email: yinzaregood@gmail.com.

www.yinzaregood.com

Featuring thanks and shout outs to teachers and the work of Pittsburgh Restaurant Workers Aid.

Pittsburgh Restaurant Workers Aid:

To request a Care Package Delivery: https://secure.everyaction.com/FN_q3VKbp0mxBxIxJWcKcg2
To learn about volunteer opportunities: https://secure.everyaction.com/ew8Y1sVLBkKzFbf_wHba7w2 

If you have a story of kindness or generosity to share, please send us an email:  yinzaregood@gmail.com 

Artwork by Mike Rubino

Host Tressa Glover asks folks from her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to share their stories of times when someone changed their lives for the better. YINZ* ARE GOOD celebrates the good stuff that’s happening out there and the good people who remind us that kindness, compassion and sincerity exist, even in these precarious times. This episode features the Pitt Pandemic Service Initiative and Off The Record 2.0 Off the Record 2.0 Show & Food Bank Donation info: This virtual event is free. Premieres 8 p.m. Oct. 8, 2020 on Facebook and YouTube and will remain available for online viewing and donating Facebook , Instagram & Twitter: @OffTheRecordPGH Please donate to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank by texting RECORD to 50155. If you live in the Pittsburgh area and have a story to share, please give us a call or send us an email: 1-833-399-GOOD yinzaregood@gmail.com *Yinz = Pittsburgh‘s version of Y’all. Artwork by Mike Rubino

Host Tressa Glover asks folks from her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to share their stories of times when someone changed their lives for the better.

YINZ* ARE GOOD celebrates the good stuff that’s happening out there and the good people who remind us that kindness, compassion and sincerity exist, even in these uncertain times. If you have a story to share, please send us an email:  yinzaregood@gmail.com 

*Yinz = Pittsburgh‘s version of Y’all. 

Artwork by Mike Rubino

Host Tressa Glover asks folks from her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to share their stories of times when someone changed their lives for the better.

This episode also features interviews with LaTeresa and Michael Blackwell of the Northside’s http://cafeonthecornerpgh.org/ and Julie Kahlbaugh of https://coffeepassportpgh.com/

YINZ* ARE GOOD celebrates the good stuff that’s happening out there and the good people who remind us that kindness, compassion and sincerity exist, even in these uncertain times.

If you have a story to share, please send us an email:  yinzaregood@gmail.com 

*Yinz = Pittsburgh‘s version of Y’all. 

Artwork by Mike Rubino 

YINZ* ARE GOOD celebrates the good stuff that’s happening out there and the good people who are making it happen. Host Tressa Glover asks folks from her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to share personal stories of kindness and gratitude and she also talks with those in the community who are helping others in need.

Have a story of kindness or generosity to share?
Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com

*Yinz = Pittsburgh‘s version of Y’all. 

Artwork by Mike Rubino